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TUESDAY, 26 MAY 1981
You said you're "so busy" this week.
Your screen time says eleven hours a day. Busy is one word for it. Scrolling is the other.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
- The in-office lunch is optional. The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is…
- Love yourself first. Someone has to, and nobody else applied.
- Parenthood is a long journey from "mama" to "can you send money" to them…
- 2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- You call it a "situationship" because "relationship" would mean someone has to commit to…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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